Borja García
Personal information
Full name Borja García Santamaría
Date of birth (1990-01-07) 7 January 1990
Place of birth Laredo, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Cornellà
Number 19
Youth career
Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Racing B 58 (2)
2011 Racing Santander 1 (0)
2013–2014 Peña Deportiva 8 (0)
2014 Ontinyent 13 (0)
2014–2015 Avilés 34 (3)
2015–2016 Logroñés 39 (3)
2016–2017 Lorca 31 (3)
2017–2020 Extremadura 36 (2)
2019 → Logroñés (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2020 → Recreativo (loan) 17 (0)
2020– Cornellà 18 (1)
International career
2005 Spain U16 1 (0)
2009 Spain U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2021

Borja García Santamaría (born 7 January 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for UE Cornellà.

Football career

García was born in Laredo, Cantabria. He graduated from Racing de Santander's youth ranks, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2009–10 campaign in Segunda División B.

García made his first team - and La Liga - debut on 27 August 2011, playing the last 21 minutes in a 3–4 away defeat against Valencia CF.[1] He continued to appear regularly with the B-side, however, and was released in 2013.

In October 2013 García joined Tercera División side SCR Peña Deportiva.[2] On 24 January of the following year he moved to Ontinyent CF in the third level.[3]

On 5 August 2014 García moved to Real Avilés, also in the third division.[4] He remained in the category in the following years, representing UD Logroñés (two stints), Lorca FC, Extremadura UD and Recreativo de Huelva.

References

  1. ↑ Capitán general del Valencia (Valencia's general manager); Marca, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Un defensa de Primera para la Peña (A Primera defender for Peña); Diario de Ibiza, 24 October 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Borja García cambia la Peña por el Ontinyent (Borja García changes Peña for Ontinyent); Fútbol Pitiuso, 24 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Avilés ficha a Borja García, Antonio Matas y Rubén Rivera (Avilés signs Borja García, Antonio Matas and Rubén Rivera); La Nueva España, 5 August 2014 (in Spanish)
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